Seed-planter.



J. G.K1NG.

SEED PLANTER.

APPLICATION HLED SEN. 6. 19m

Patented Mar. 18, 1919.

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so coh'stziuctediend alrrangedthat they may JAMES G. KING, OF TROY,ALABAMA.

Specification of Letters Patent.

. SEED-PLANTER.

Patented Mar. 18, 1919.

Application filed September 6, 1918. Serla1No.252,916.

T 0 all whom it may concern.

Be it known that I, JAMns G. KING, a citizen of the United States,residing at Troy, in the county of like and State of Alabama, haveinvented new and useful Improvements in Seed-Planters, of Which thefollowing is a specification.

My present invention pertains to seed planters; and it has for itsgeneral object to provide a sin'iplc and inexpensive planter adapted toembody as one of its elements an ordinary plow stock, and onstructed andarranged to successfully plant corn, peas, peanuts, beans, sorghum,wheat, barley, rye, as Well as cotton. provided the cotton seed arerolled precedent to the planting thereof.

The invention also contemplates the provision of a planter constructedand arranged to plant two kinds of seed at the same time.

The invention further contemplates the provision of a planter having aseed feeding drum and peculiar and advantageous cups carried upon theperimeter of the drum and adjustably connected therewith, whereby theseeds may be planted at predetermined distances" apart.

Other objects and advantages of the invention Will be fully understoodfrom the following description and claims when the same are read inconnection with the drawings accompanying and forming part of thisspecification, in which:

Figure 1 is a side elevation of the seed planter constituting the bestpractical embodiment of my invention that I have as yetdevised'.

Fig;'2'is a top plan vi eW of the same.

Fig.3 is e rear elevation of the planter.

I i'gfie is a longitudinal vertical section of the planter. v

Fi 5 is a vertical transverse section of the'rsnie. w i l i Fig. 6isadetafl vertical section illustrative of th'e'manner in which I preferto adjustably connect the cups tothe perimeter of the drum by' which thesame are carried.

Fig. 7 andB are detail views of modified on so Y I imilar numerals ofreference designate corresponding parts in all of the views of the"drawings:

In earl-yin butmy invention I prefer for the sake of c eapness to emploan ordinary plow stock as thebeam 1, an to have the different elementsthat enter into the planter be readily attached to the said stock. This,however, is not of the essence of my invention and I would, therefore,have it understood that the elements in addition to the beam ma bepermanently connected with. the beam in any approved manner compatiblewith my invention without involving de pni'tm'c from the scope of thesame as claimed.

Tho beam 1 is equipped on its forward portion with a ground wheel 2 anda circumirrcutiully grooved drive when] 3; Said i. heels 2 and 3 beinglined upon a. transverse m, it 1-. journaled in a licaring 5 that conprted by a shackle (i or other means to the ."Piil l.

Fixed to and depending from the rear )Ortion of the beam 1 are hangers 7by which is carried a furrow opening low 8, and also ronuevtcd with thehangers preferably by the same bolt 9 that connects the plow 8 is thebody 10 of curved covering shovels 11, the saidshovels 11 being spacedapart and being disposed at opposite sides of the point of the plow 8 soas to enable them to effiriently perform the function ascribed to them.

Fixed to and extending upwardly and rearwarrlly from the rearniostortion of the beam 1 are the handles 12 of t e planter.

L()t1t(3fl in a plane above the beam 1 is the lmpper 13 of the planter;the said hopper being preferably. though not necessarily, divided by alougitwlinal vertical partition 14 into tw compartments. This provisionis made inorder that two kinds of seed, corn and peas, for insta nce maybe simultaneousliplanted through the medium of the ap aratus, W

Fixed to the hopper 13in communication with the eduction orifice ororifices thereof, and also fixed upon and carried by the beam 1 istheseed receptacle 15 of the apparatus, the bottom wall of which ispreferably curved concentrically to the perimeter ofthe drum 16. Thesaid drum 16 is carried by a shaft 17, dropped into slots in the sideWalls of the receptacle 15, and held by bearing caps 18 upon bearingmembers 19 that are fixed to said side walls. In the receptacle 15 is alongitudinal central partition 20, and

* receiving-the edge/of the said partition QO'is a circumferentialchannelQl in the center of the perimeter of drum 16. his pIOVlSlOIl isresorted to in order to separate in an eflectual manner the two kinds ofseeds when the ios same are contained in the receptacle 15. Fixed uponthe shaft 17 is a circumferentially grooved band wheel 22, which isconnected through a belt 23 with the drive wheel 3, whereby when theplanter is moved forwardly the drum 16 Wlll be rotated about its axis.

As clearly illustrated in the drawings the peripheral portion of thedrum 16 is 7P0- \'ided with channels 24, and these channels 24 are eachin communication with a comparativoly narrow channel 25 formed in theperiphery of the drum. Movable in the channels 24 and about the axis ofthe drum are anchor blocks 26 each of which is provided with a threadedaperture 27. Arranged against the perimeters of the drum 16 are the cups28 which constitute an important feature of my invention. The said cups28 are of varying sizes so as to enable the same to handle eflicientlyseeds of different sizes. Each cup is connectm'l lo one anchor block 24:the connection being effect ed through the medium of a headed bolt 29which extends through the comparatively narrow channel. 25 and isthreaded into its complementary block 21'. \Vhen the bolt 29 is turnedhome into the block 26 it follows that the cup 28 engaged by the saidbolt will be clamped and securely fixed in an adjustable manner to theperimeter of the drum. When, however, the said bolt is loosened itsrespective cup 28 may be moved around the drum to the position desiredand may then be expeditiously and easily fixed again to the drum.Manifestly this provision permits of the cups in each circular seriesbeing arranged at different distances apart in order that the seeds maybe deposited at different distances apart in the furrow as occasiondemands.

During the operation of the planter the drum cups 28 receive seed fromthe reeep tacle 15 and discharge the said seed to a compartment 30 arraned in rear of and carried by the receptac e 15, and from the sa dcompartment 30 the bottom of which is suitably dished, a spout 31 leadsdownwardly to the oint illustrated, this in order to assure the eliveryof the seed to the furrow immediately in rear of the plow 8. fit 32 1s acut-off plate which is adapted in its closed osition to chute the seeddischarged by t e trucks 28 back into the receptacle 15.

The said cut-off plate 32 has trunnions 33 by which it is connected inhinged manner to the slde Walls of the compartment 30, and on one of thetrunnions is a lever arm 34 on which is a weight 35, which is adapted byreason of its location on the curvilinear arm 34, to hold the cut-01fplate 32 open and closed. Mamfestly when the weight 35 is in front ofthe center of movement of the cutofi", the Weight will operate toprevent casual movement of the plate from its open posi' tion, and whensaid weight 35 is swung to a position back of the center of movement ofthe cut-off plate, the weight will serve to hold said plate in itsclosed position.

In the practical operation of m novel planter, the seed to be plantedare deposited in the hopper 13, and then when the machine is drawn ormoved forwardly by a draft animal or other means, with the cut-off plate32 open, the two kinds of 566d will be deposited in the furrow formed bythe plow 8. It will be noticed in this connection that the constructionis such that the operator is enabled to observe the discharge of theseed from the cups to the compartment 30, so that when for any reasonthere is an interruption in the supply of seed, the planter ma bestopped and the difficulty overcome. hen the cut-off plate 32 is closedthe planter may be readily moved from one point to another withoutdelivery of seed to the spout 31.

\Vhilo I prefer to so construct my novel planter to adapt the same tosynchronously )lant two kinds of seed, I do not desire to be understoodas confining myself to the same inasmuch as. certain features of myinvention may be incorporated to advantage in a planter that is adaptedto plant only one kind of seed.

In Fig. 7 the cup 28 is provided with a shank 50 arranged against andfastened to the periphery of the drum 16 preferably through the mediumof a screw 51.

In the modification shown in Fig. 8, a socket plate 52 is fastened tothe peripher of the drum 16 and the cup 28 has a shank 53 disposed andheld by frictional contact in the socket plate and to the drum.

Having described my invention, what I claim and desire to secure byLetters-Pat cut is:

1. In a seed planter the combination of a supporting means, a drivewheel, a receptacle fixed upon the supporting means and having a curvedbottom and also having a longitudinal central partition curved inconformity to said bottom, a be per carried by the upper forward portion0 said receptacle and having compartments in communication with thereceptacle at opposite sides of the partition thereof, a drum mounted inthe receptacle and having a circumferential channel reoeivinthereeeptacle partition, on carried by the drum at opposite sides of t esaid channel, a driving connection interme- .diate the said drive wheeland the drum, and

means positioned to receive seed discharged by the cups and to deliverthe same.

2. In a seed planter the combination of a supporting means, a drivewheel, a receptacle fixed upon the supporting means and having a curvedbottom and also having a longitudinal central partition curved in con-:formity to said bottom, a hopper carried by the upper forward portionof said receptacle and having compartments in communication with thereceptacle at opposite sides of the partition thereof, a drum mounted inthe receptacle and having a circumferential channel receiving thereceptacle partition, cups carried by the drum at opposite sides of thesaid channel, a driving connection interme diate the said drive wheeland the drum, a compartment carried by and located in rear of thereceptacle and positioned to receive seed from the cup, a spoutextending downwardly from said compartment, a cutoff plate complementaryto the compartment and constructed and arranged in its closed positionto chute seeds back into the receptacle, and means connected with thecut-off plate for holding the same against casual movement When open orclosed.

3. In a seed planter the combination of a supporting means, a drivewheel, a receptacle fixed upon the supporting means and having a curvedbottom and also having a longitudinal central partition curved inconformity to said bottom, a hopper carried by the upper forward portionof said receptacle and having compartments in communication with thereceptacle at opposite sides of the partition thereof, a drum mounted inthe receptacle and having a circumferential channel receivin thereceptacle partition, cups carried by t e drum at opposite sides of thesaid channel a driving connection intenmediate the said drive wheel andthe drum, and a compartment positioned in rear of the receptacle, andhaving a spout extending downwardly therefrom.

4. In a seed planter, the combination of a receptacle, a drum mountedtherein and having seed delivering means at its perimeter meanspositioned to receive seed from said delivery means and to conduct thesame downwardly, a cut-oil plate mounted to swin and control the mouthof said conducting means and also adapted when closed to chute seed backinto the receptacle, a curved lever arm fixed to one end of the saidcut-ofi' plate at the center of movement thereof, and extended over theupper edge and 'beyond the plane of the plate, and a Weight on theswinging end of said lever arm, the lever arm and weight being adaptedto yieldingl hold the cut-off plate both open and close/(ll In testimonywhereof I aflix my signature.

JAMES G. KING.

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